by Pedro Gomes | Sep 24, 2018 | Frontpage Blog, Race Report
13 months. That was how long my 2018 season lasted. Last time I took some time off was back in August 2017 when still in London and after Ironman Bolton. Having moved to Dubai and with the Middle East season in full force during the normal European winter, I kicked...
by Pedro Gomes | Jul 10, 2018 | Frontpage Blog, News, Race Report
I may not always deliver in Vitoria-Gasteiz but the city surely always does. My 7th start (?) in the adopted sports capital of the Basque Country which, sadly, ended up at km 13 of the marathon. After being 3rd last year and having a small explosion on the marathon, I...
by Pedro Gomes | Jun 26, 2018 | Frontpage Blog, News, Race Report
I once said that I would never race IRONMAN Nice because I’m not a good climber on the bike. And that was one of the main reasons that brought me to Nice in 2018. The past 12 months have been atypical – we moved back to Europe, London for my wife and then I went...
by Pedro Gomes | Jul 17, 2017 | Frontpage Blog, Race Report
There has been hardly anything in sport that I went on fearing the outcome. Surely, I was afraid of my first Ironman but not on a physical matter, I knew I could walk a marathon if I had to. This past week I was faced with something unknown: I would be racing two full...
by Pedro Gomes | Nov 23, 2016 | Frontpage Blog, Race Report
I would be lying if I said I was super pumped for the build up to IRONMAN Arizona after what happened in Kona. I wasn’t. But that is exactly when your mental strength comes into play, so every morning I woke up and repeated to myself (my wife was a pretty good...
by Pedro Gomes | Aug 23, 2016 | Frontpage Blog, Race Report
Being one of most iconic races in the World, I could not pass on the opportunity to race San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz after having the qualification to Kona sorted out. Tri California, same guys that put on races like Pacific Grove and Wildflower, brought this...
